HULTDINS NEWLY DESIGNED SG260S AND THEIR NEW MODEL SG310S
Now it’s time to complete the new updated Hultdins SuperGrip S-line grapples by presenting the new SG260S and the new SG310S!
Our smaller reinforced grapples are now following in the footsteps of their bigger siblings and are getting the same general Heavy Duty design, only in a more compact package. In addition to the updated design features of the bigger S-line grapples, the new SG260S, and the new SG310S, has upgraded layouts striving to increase efficiency. SG310S has a new improved grapple arm geometry gaining grapple area and performance without sacrificing nimbleness.
As always, the development of these new grapples has been achieved in close contact with our end users.
- Smarter – Sophisticated design increases service life
- Sturdier – Wider bearings for longer service life
- Smoother – New design provides small tip spacing
- Wider – The total width of the grapple has been increased by 20mm
- Larger – Supergrip 310S replaces the existing 300S
- Will be available during Q3 2024.
Hultdins SG forestry grapples are the industry standard on forwarders and log trucks. They are divided in to three series of grapples to meet different market demands around the world. However, common to all is that they are designed to increase your timber handling productivity and with high strength construction and quality components throughout.
The RG grapple is an exceptionally strong, purpose-built rail industry grapple based on the time proven SG forestry grapples. Rail specific synchronized arm design is ideal for handling individual ties, bundles of ties, and rail sections. Protected cylinder is equipped with a direct mounted load holding valve for extra safety.
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That’s a remarkable amount of work hours for a single machine, the Norcar 600 owned by Erkki Rinne is taken well care of, it even has the original Diesel engine.
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Kieran Anders is a forestry contractor working in the lake district. His work involves hand cutting and extracting timber using a skidder and tractor-trailer forwarder.
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It is not possible to eliminate chain shot, but there are simple steps that can be taken to reduce the risk.
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Arwel takes great pride in the fact that the mill has no waste whatsoever, “the peelings are used for children’s playgrounds, gardens and for farm animals in barns in the winter and the sawdust has multiple uses in gardens and farms as well.
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Timber hauliers need to encourage young blood in, and also look after the hauliers we have, we need make the sector a safe and positive place to work.
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THE CARPENTER FROM ASPLIDEN
Hultdin System AB was founded in 1928 by Waldemar Hultdin. He began his career as a carpenter in the village of Aspliden, deep in the interior of County Västerbotten in northern Sweden. At first, Waldemar made furniture, but once all the families in the village had all they needed, he made the strategic decision to found a forge.
Putting his plan into action, after three days’ training in the nearby village of Malå, Waldemar changed career paths and entered the world of horse-drawn carriages. For some 20 years, he manufactured carriages, sleds, and tools for handling timber. Initially, Waldemar worked alone, but after a few years his two sons Gustav and Ove joined him.
In 1956, Hultdins took on its first permanent employee, Haldo Hultdin. At that time, the company had also begun developing forestry equipment for agricultural tractors. The tractors were equipped with a roof-mounted crane and grapple and half tracks were fitted for increased maneuverability.
By 1963, the company had grown to number 30 employees and generate annual sales of SEK 2 million. A large order from the cooperative Norrbottens Lantmän for 45 complete tractors equipped with three-quarter tracks and factory mounted cranes further highlighted the issue of growth, so Hultdins decided to move to new premises in Malå.
1965 saw the start of the Partraktor project, together with the then local dealer for Nuffield engines. The Partraktor was an agricultural and forestry tractor with two engines, each independently powering the tracks on one side of the machine. The machine was steered by altering the speed of each engine and its off-road maneuverability was unsurpassed. The project proved a great success and about forty machines were built.
Soon, however, any glimmer of hope in the forests of Lapland was extinguished. The Partraktor’s future turned bleak as the Swedish Road Administration refused to approve its use on public roads. A diligent civil servant at the SRA couldn’t let go of the fact that the machine’s steering worsened as its speed increased, and the Partraktor story ended here.
After 1970, the company grew as a subcontractor in the mechanical engineering industry. Hultdins manufactured everything from mine carts to painting robots, but now and again even produced proprietary products.
During the mid-1970s, Hultdins had almost one hundred employees in Malå. In the early 1980s, a new strategy was drawn up, resulting in the Hultdins we know today. The focus was to be proprietary products, and they were to be found at the tip of a crane.
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